The Weeping Meadow
by Theodoros Angelopoulos
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Actor: Alexandra Aidini, Eva Kotamanidou, Giorgos Armenis, Nikos Poursanidis, Vassilis KolovosDirector: Theodoros Angelopoulos
Writer: Theodoros Angelopoulos
Producer: Amedeo Pagani
Producer: Giorgio Silvagni
Writer: Giorgio Silvagni
Producer: Jean Labadie
Writer: Petros Markaris
Writer: Tonino Guerra
Audio: English (Subtitled); Greek (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 170 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-12-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: New Yorker Video
Movie Reviews of The Weeping Meadow
Movie Review: Weeping Meadow
Summary: 5 Stars
Great movie. Have to see it many times to really appreciate the cinematography. Fabulous scenes.
Summary of The Weeping Meadow
Greek director Theo Angelopoulous' portrayal of war-ravaged Greece is framed by the tragic love story that unfolds in The Weeping Meadow. This first saga in his "Trilogy," spanning 1919-1949, opens with a visually stunning scene of refugees from Odessa crossing estuaries that show their haggard reflections in water, as if to double apparent hardship. While establishing Odessa's history in relation to the rise of Mussolini's Facist takeover, The Weeping Meadow unravels a complicated love triangle between Eleni (Alexandra Aidini), an Odessa girl, her lover, an unnamed young man (Nikos Poursadinis), and his lonely father, Spyros (Vassilis Kolovos), who also happens to be Eleni's fianc?. The plot often focuses on the young man's talent for accordion playing, and his musical group, headed by the feisty, impassioned fiddler, Nikos (Giorgos Armenis). But when Eleni's lover abandons her for America, she's captured by soldiers, imprisoned, and separated from her children. As in Cinema Paradiso, the human drama unfolding mimics its political settings, so that love quarrels heighten the sense of repression, and vice versa. When civil war breaks out, Eleni's life seems in shambles as well. Emotionally wrought, The Weeping Meadow is depressing but still lovely for its depth of character and portrayal of Greek culture. As with any love story, the film reminds the viewer how human relationships are fragile yet enduring. --Trinie DaltonArt House & International DVD Video
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